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Re: [O] mailto link problem


From: Nick Dokos
Subject: Re: [O] mailto link problem
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:55:57 -0500

Scott Randby <address@hidden> wrote:

> This might be off-topic, but there has been discussion about this issue
> before on this list.
> 
> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/22550
> 
> The problem is that the above discussion doesn't solve my problem. So
> here it is.
> 
> On my old system (Ubuntu 10.04, Emacs 23.3, Org-Mode 7.8.02, default
> browser Firefox, default mail client Thunderbird), I could click on a
> mailto link in an org file and Firefox would open up Thunderbird. I
> could then put in the message and send it via Thunderbird. No problems.
> 
> On my new system (Xubuntu 11.10, Emacs 24.0.92.1, Org-Mode 7.8.02,
> default browser Firefox, default mail client Thunderbird), an Emacs
> window in message-mode is opened when I click on a mailto link in an
> org-mode file. This is not what I want, I want the behavior to be like
> it was in my old system.
> 
> My old system just worked without me customizing any variables. I didn't
> change org-follow-link, org-link-mailto-program, mail-user-agent, etc. I
> didn't mess around with /etc/mailcap or other stuff. The Emacs variables
> on my new system are identical to those I used with my old system and
> the html stuff in /etc/mailcap looks identical. I don't understand why
> the two systems behave differently.
> 

One more thing - try the following from the command line:

  firefox --remote "openURL(mailto:address@hidden)"

If that gets you back into emacs, then emacs is off the hook: a visit to
about:config in firefox is indicated.

Nick





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